Amédée Emmanuel François Laharpe

Amedee Emmanel Francois Laharpe (1754-8 May 1796) was a general of France and Switzerland during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Biography
Laharpe was born in Chateau Hutins, Switzerland, in 1754. He served as a mercenary in the United Provinces for some time, and he was expelled from Switzerland in 1789 for his pro-French sentiment; he threw a party after the storming of the Bastille. In 1792 he was made chef de battalion (Major) in the French Revolutionary Army and after the 1793 Siege of Toulon, he was made a Brigadier General in 1794. In 1795 he was made General of Division while serving with the Army of Italy, and he served as a division commander of General Napoleon Bonaparte.

On 8 May 1796 Laharpe was killed in the battle of Codogno when his own troops fired on him after he returned from a reconaissance mission. His name is inscribed on column 24.